Grand Prix spirits!
Feb 18, 2019
5 minutes
WORDS: JEFF WARE
PHOTOS: RICHARD COLLINS
These are two of the bikes that changed the lives of thousands of Grand Prix fans all over the world.
Hugely popular in Australia, Asia, Europe and with you rev-heads in the UK, these small, but powerful two-strokes were the last of the true race-replica era, so I thought you might like to hear about my recent experience riding them 20-years on. I’m older and fatter, but these bikes sure made me feel young again for a day!
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of two-strokes. Sure, I own a few four-strokes and most of my racebikes have had valves and cams, but my roots are firmly planted in two-stroke territory. My first dozen or so bikes were oilers and I went from
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